Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John


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            Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
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Written by: Elton John/Bernie Taupin
From: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road " (1973)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

capo: 3rd fret
play: [D / [Gm
key: [F / [Bbm

For chords in original key: transpose +3 (and "use flats")
For easier chords: use the "simplify" option

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CHORDS
          E-A-
Em/G      3-2-
A/C#      x-4-
D/A       x-0-
D/F#      2-x-
C/G       3-x-

D-G-B-e
2-0-0-0
2-2-2-0
4-2-3-2
0-2-3-2
2-0-1-0

Gm        3-x-
Gm/D      x-x-
C/E       0-x-
F/A       x-0-
Dm/A      x-0-

0-3-3-3
0-3-3-3
2-0-1-0
3-2-1-1
3-2-3-x

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
           
When are you g

             
onna come down
            
When are you g

/         
oing to land
             
I should have 

           
stayed on the 


farm, I should

 have

Listened to my

 old man

[Verse 2]
           
You know you c

          
an't hold me f

         
orever
             
I didn't sign 

       
up with you
          
I'm not a pres

             
ent for your f

riends to open
     
This boy's too

 young to be s

inging the ...

[Bridge]
       
Blu  – u - ues

  
    
           
Aah – aah – aa

            
h – aah - aah
          
Aah – aah – aa

h

[Chorus]
             
So Goodbye yel

          
low brick road
             
Where the dogs

            
 of society ho

wl
            
You can't plan

             
t me in your p


enthouse
             
I'm going back

             
 to my plough
            
Back to the ho

          
wling old owl 

in the woods
             
Hunting the ho

         
rny back toad
            
Oh I've finall

          
y decided, my 

     
future lies
            
Beyond the yel

            
low brick ro  

        
–  o- - oad
           
Aah – aah – aa

            
h – aah - aah
      
Aah – aah – aa

    
h - aah

[Verse 3]
         
What do you th

/           
ink you'll do 

       
then
             
I bet they'll 

          
shoot down you

       
r plane
             
It'll take you

          
 a couple of v

        
odka and tonic

s
   
To set you on 

your feet agai

n

[Verse 4]
          
Maybe you'll g

          
et a replaceme

   
nt
             
There's plenty

          
 like me to be

      
 found
         
Mongrels who a

          
in't got a pen


ny

Sniffing for t

it-bits like y

ou on the ...

[Bridge]
       
Grou – ou -   

 
ound
           
Aah – aah – aa

            
h – aah - aah
      
Aah – aah – aa

  
h

[Chorus]
             
So Goodbye yel

          
low brick road
             
Where the dogs

             
 of society ho

   
wl
            
You can't plan

             
t me in your p


enthouse
             
I'm going back

             
 to my plough
            
Back to the ho

          
wling old owl 

in the woods
             
Hunting the ho

         
rny back toad
            
Oh I've finall

          
y decided, my 

     
future lies
            
Beyond the yel

            
low brick ro –

        
   o- - oad
           
Aah – aah – aa

            
h – aah - aah
      
Aah – aah – aa

    
h - aah

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